Beamsley

Beamsley
Beamsley
 Beamsley shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceSE077524
Civil parishBeamsley
DistrictCraven
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SKIPTON
Postcode district BD23
Police North Yorkshire
Fire North Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
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Coordinates: 53°58′04″N 1°52′58″W / 53.967710°N 1.882820°W

Beamsley is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is just within the boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and about six miles east of Skipton and two miles north of Addingham. The parish borders West Yorkshire to the south. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 149. The former Beamsley Methodist Church has been carefully modified, by the Beamsley Project Charitable Trust, to become a self-catering holiday centre for people with disabilities. www.beamsleyproject.org.uk. The quiet roads around Beamsley make it a popular destination with cyclists with the Tour de France Grand Depart 2014 passing through the local area close to Beamsley.

J. M. W. Turner's 1816 painting Grouse Shooting on Beamsley Beacon.

External links

Media related to Beamsley at Wikimedia Commons